This is a story that her father, Taro Kono, often told Natsuki when she was little.
It is difficult to tell which parts of the story are true and which were later artistically processed.
But in Kono Natsuki's memory, when her grandma passed away, she seemed to have seen an unknown young lady, kneeling next to her grandma, crying extremely sadly.
However, after all, it was a memory from when I was four years old.
It's hard to say whether he actually saw it or not.
In Natsuki’s impression, after his father, Taro Kono, told the story of Zashiki-sama in his family, he would always use this to start family education:
"If you love eating and being lazy, you will become a person that Zashiki-sama hates."
"If there is someone in the family who is not enterprising, Zashiki-sama will be ashamed, standing next to him like this."
"If you are disliked by Zashiki-sama, you will not be protected. The family's money will be scattered, the family will be at odds, and in the end the home will not feel like home. Then Zashiki-sama will leave disappointed."
These are childhood memories, very vague.
Especially after her father's death, Natsuki almost forgot all these things.
But just now, all these memories came to my mind for no reason.
The money is gone and the family is at odds.
Aren’t you talking about your own home now?
Natsuki remembered just now again.
An hour ago, Nagatomo Ryuhei came back and shouted loudly that he could not sell the golden ball bell to anyone.
At that time, Natsuki felt confused and didn't understand what Longhei was talking about.
The two used this as a topic and started arguing, pushing and pulling.
Only now did Natsuki come back to her senses. The way Longhei acted and said those words was because he wanted to continue to occupy Zashiki-sama in the bell.
Even if he didn't know about Zashiki, the bell had been with Longhei during this period, and he must have felt that the bell was unusual.
How ridiculous.
"Obviously, the way Longhei is now is what Zashiki-sama hates the most."
Perhaps, when Longhei was gambling in the casino, Master Zashiki was staring at him from the side with a sad face, right?
Kono Natsuki felt sad again.
My home is in such a bad state, Zashiki-sama will definitely be disgusted by this look.
Then what dignity is there to keep her?
"Kamiya-kun, Zashiki-sama doesn't like people who are lazy and lazy. Don't become the person she hates."
Natsuki said this to Kamiyagawa.
The latter was silent for a while and nodded: "I understand."
In fact, Kono Natsuki is not sure whether Kamiyagawa is qualified to take Zashiki-sama home.
But she didn't think it was something she needed to worry about.
Children who grew up in Iwate Prefecture have a simple subconscious understanding. They will think that Zashiki Warashi is the god who protects the happiness of the family.
Mortals don't need to worry about the affairs of the gods.
If Kamiyagawa was not an excellent person, he would definitely be hated by Zashiki-sama.
Like your own home.
Then Zashiki-sama will leave on his own and continue to find a more suitable family to stay in.
This is how the legend of Zashiki Warashi spread throughout Iwate Prefecture has always been told.
After listening to Kono Natsuki recalling the past, Kamiyagawa seemed to have successfully obtained the ownership of the Golden Ball Bell from the other party.
After that, Aunt Natsuki didn't seem to want to continue talking.
It's like being immersed in memories.
She looked very depressed, as if she was even sadder than when he first saw her.
…
After successfully obtaining the Golden Ball Bell by accident, Kamiyagawa no longer stayed at Nagatomo's house for a long time.
I feel like it would be better for them to be alone together as mother and son for the rest of the time.
Before leaving, Kamiyagawa pulled Nagatomo Masao aside: "There is one more thing."
As he spoke, he took out the IOU worth 1.03 million yen.
Seeing this thing, Xiao Bangtou's expression became slightly embarrassed, but his tone of speech was sincere:
"Kamiya-kun, if Nagatomo Ryuhei doesn't pay you back, I will also find a way to pay you back. It just may take a little longer, I'm sorry."
"That's not what I want to say." Kamiyagawa shrugged, "In fact, I didn't pay off your father's gambling debt this afternoon."
"ah?"
Kamiya: "Do I look like the kind of rich person who can easily take out 1 million in liquid cash?"
After hearing this, Nagatomo Masao's expression was dazed at first, and then became like waking up from a dream.
yes!
When Kamiya-kun was at the casino in the afternoon, did he really use the POS machine?
Looking back now, it seems that there is no such thing.
Nagatomo witnessed one of Kamiyagawa's magical abilities today——
When he was expelled by the Yakuza outside the casino; when he was stopped by the Yakuza in the casino office.
Kamiya-san dismissed all those people with just a few words.
Xiaopingtou guessed that Kamiya-san probably has a strange ability that can distort ordinary people's perception of objective things.
I can only say that he is worthy of being a spiritual master, he is really awesome.
"So, when you were 'paying off your gambling debts,' did you use that ability to influence everyone in the office?" Masao Nagatomo reacted.
"That's right." Kamiyagawa snapped his fingers, "Also remember to remind your father that the Yakuza will very likely find that the debt has not been repaid at all. If he is not aware of this, he may I will be inexplicably pulled to have my little finger amputated.”
The ability of [Thousand Silver Needles] is to weave lies.
But a lie is a lie, not the truth.
People affected by the effect of [Thousand Silver Needles] will have a high probability of waking up after being exposed to some objective facts that conflict with the previous lie as time goes by.
Just like Xiao Pintou, he got rid of the state of being blinded by lies just because of a word from Kamiyagawa himself.
As for those extreme ones.
If they have the habit of keeping accounts and checking accounts, then after this month's reconciliation and the vacancies are found, they will naturally discover that there is a problem with Nagatomo Ryuhei's debt, and then wake up from the lie weaved by "A Thousand Silver Needles".
Kamiyagawa put the IOU into Nagatomo Masao's hand:
"So, keep the IOU. And leave me a bank number. The 1.03 million yen will be used as compensation for taking Zashiki Warashi from your home, minus my 80,000 yen commission for exorcism, and the remaining 950,000 yen will be used as compensation. , I will remit it to you and Aunt Natsuki."
Kamiya did have the intention to transfer 1.03 million yen to Nagatomo's family.
Instead of directly helping Nagatomo Ryuhei, that gambling dog, to pay his gambling debts, he planned to give the money to Xiao Pingtou and Aunt Natsuki later, and let the mother and son handle it on their own.
Because there is a dog gambler in the family, Nagatomo's family obviously has no liquidity at the moment.
With Nagatomo Ryuhei's virtue, it's hard to say whether he can really repay the 1 million yen he owes to the Yakuza.
Therefore, there is a risk that the little flat-headed mother and son will be troubled by the Yakuza in the future.
With this one million yen backing, at least in the short term, the threat posed by falling into the extreme realm can be avoided.
When you take a zashiki boy away from someone else's home, you have to at least do something for them, otherwise your conscience will feel a bit bad.
As for what will happen to the Nagatomo family in the future, Xiaopingtou can probably only rely on himself.
Everyone's life experiences are different. What will happen in the future and where it will go, in the final analysis, you still have to rely on yourself.
Kamiyagawa felt that this was enough to help him.
In addition, one thing means another thing.
Taking away Zashiki Warashi means that the ghost extermination mission entrusted by Nagatomo Masao has been officially completed, and the commission of 80,000 yen still needs to be collected.
The account was settled.
